UK to charter flights to repatriate citizens

In
light of the quite dramatic increase in the number of reported cases of
COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the British government has moved swiftly to
move its citizens out of the country.

The British High Commission in
Dhaka is working hard to charter flights for British citizens residing
in Bangladesh amid outbreak of coronavirus.British High Commissioner
Robert Chatterton Dickson confirmed as much on Wednesday, in a video
message posted on Twitter in his official capacity. He also came up with
the information with three things.Dickson in the video said that
the embassy is working hard on arranging chartered flight. There will be
charges for the flight. He also asked them to wait for an announcement
on quite short notice about the timing.Three more people died from
coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising its death toll
to 20, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and
Research (IEDCR). Besides, 54 other people tested positive for COVID-19
in the last 24 hours, raising the number of such cases in the country to
218, IEDCR said. -UNB